Dr. Mark Humayn, who has been working on the Argus II for the past 25 years, told "Good Morning America" he committed himself "to developing a new way and a new approach so that those that are blind can have a foreseeable solution."

"One of the things I can do now is laundry," Kathy Blake told "Good Morning America." "My husband had to put the colored clothing in, and with the glasses, I'm able to do that myself."

Blake, 61, who has been blind for 23 years, underwent a two-hour surgery and said she now uses the glasses to "help [her] be more outdoor with mobility, walking."

The device is only approved for retintis pigmentosa, a disorder that causes gradual blindness and affects 100,0000 people in the United States.

If successful, the device could eventually be used to treat millions with other vision disorders.